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Beyond the Scrum: The Baseball Stories We Didn’t Write

The Athletic’s Andy McCullough and Marc Carig cut through the nonsense and tell you exactly what’s going on around Major League Baseball

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The Yankees Stink, Plus James Fegan on the White Sox Who Are Good Sep 09, 2020

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After some reflection on the best football books of all time (Friday Night Lights), Marc and Andy try to figure out why the Yankees are not a good baseball team. From injuries, to bad defense and fundamentals, the guys explain what drove Brian Cashman to visit Buffalo and how big a deal it is. Then The Athletic's White Sox reporter James Fegan joins the show to talk discuss the magic that's happening on Chicago's south side. James also opens up about his struggles going to high school on the north side as a White Sox fan and takes us inside the minds of Sox fans.

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Evan Drellich on Rob Manfred's five years as MLB commissioner Sep 02, 2020

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Evan Drellich becomes the first two time guest on Beyond the Scrum. He takes Andy and Marc behind the scenes of his latest story on MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. They discuss what kind of leader Manfred is, whether or not he loves the game, how baseball has failed with diversity and much more.

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The Small Sample Size Midseason Awards! Aug 26, 2020

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Sure the season's only 60-games long. That's not stopping The Athletic's Marc Carig and Andy McCullough from handing out MLB Midseason Awards! (Yes, they included Trout) The guys also discuss if the season can be considered a success so far and what team should the Dodgers fear the most in the first round.

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Fernando Tatis Jr. & Unwritten Rules with Dennis Lin Aug 19, 2020

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Marc and Andy welcome The Athletic's Padres reporter Dennis Lin to the show to make sense of the Twitter-storm around Fernando Tatis Jr.'s breaking of baseball's unwritten rules. The guys also dive into the origins of the unwritten rules and try to explain why they won't go away.

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Checking in on the Cardinals' Mess with Mark Saxon Aug 12, 2020

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Cardinals beat writer Mark Saxon joins the show to talk with Marc and Andy about all the issues the Cardinals have faced the last two weeks. The team hasn't played since July 29 after a COVID-19 outbreak, and is now facing an uphill battle to play a true competitive season. Saxon fills us in with what's been happening on the ground, and where the team goes from here, on this episode of Beyond the Scrum.
Rundown
1:42 What's the State of Play in St. Louis?
3:13 Is There Any Clarity on Why This Happened?
4:41 Showing Restraint Amidst the Recklessness
7:23 The Hunt for Causation
10:21 A Tempting Fiction
13:42 The Responsibility of Organizations
17:35 Can the Cardinals Still Be Competitve?
18:34 Should They Shut Down Jack Flaherty?
21:42 How Many Games Do They Have to Play for Their Season to Be Legitimate?
26:18 What Happened with the Last Round of Positive Tests?
29:02 Do They Have Enough Arms to Get Through the Season?
34:15 How Are the Fans Handling This?
37:58 Covering a Team Going Through This
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The Mets did it again, plus Matt Gelb talks Phillies Aug 05, 2020

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Marc and Andy have both experienced the wonders of covering the Mets beat. That qualifies them to weigh in on the latest mess in Flushing as the club and Yoenis Cespedes part ways. Then The Athletic's Phillies reporter Matt Gelb joins the show to discuss everything going on with the team that went eight days without playing a game despite having no positive COVID-19 tests.

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Dusty Baker's Brilliance, Bad Baseball and the Marlins Outbreak Jul 29, 2020

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Marc Carig and Andy McCullough "celebrate" the return of baseball. The guys explain why Dusty Baker's dugout and postgame comments about Joe Kelly and the Dodgers were brilliant (20:00). They consider the implications of the COVID outbreak with the Marlins (2:00) and bemoan the expanded playoffs and sloppy play on the field (30:00).

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In a big week for baseball David Roth joins the show! Jul 22, 2020

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Talented writer, former Deadspin editor and optimistic Mets fan David Roth joins the show. The guys discuss at what moment they realized they were excited for the 2020 baseball season, why baseball owners don't join Twitch, who's high school has the most famous alumni and much more.

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Ranking Ballparks, Naming the Aces and Looking Ahead to Opening Day Jul 15, 2020

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Andy has major problems with Marc's ballpark rankings and takes him to task (3:00). Then the guys name the aces of MLB and coming up with a shortlist of four current players (12:00). Finally the show dives into the dilemma fans face this season trying to cheer on their favorite team while also understanding the risks involved in playing (39:30).

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Howard Bryant on Bruce Maxwell, Baseball's Evolving Black Player Movement and more Jul 09, 2020

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ESPN National baseball writer Howard Bryant joins the show to explain how his recent Bruce Maxwell story came together. Andy, Marc and Howard go on to discuss why African Americans have less and less of a presence in the sport, why the players are ready to dig in for the next labor negotiation and whether or not the 60-game season will be completed.Howard's story: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29414410/the-exile-oakland-bruce-maxwell-birth-mlb-black-player-movement

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